Ask HN: Why is there no modern successor to the 3D Pinball games of yesteryear?

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  • vpinball

    Visual Pinball

  • Visual Pinball X [1] is a free modern pinball simulator. It also supports VR, and comes pretty close to feeling like the real thing (sans realistic bumping).

    There are hundreds of VPX format tables available online including original works, replicas of physical tables and replicas of existing digital tables. I've played dozens of hours of Stern's Tron Legacy both on a physical table and in Visual Pinball X, and I prefer VPX over the real thing.

    There's also a high quality remake of 3D Space Cadet [2] available. Playing that one in VR feels like stepping into a PC in the 90s.

    [1] https://github.com/vpinball/vpinball

  • sphereCollision

    Javascript experiment with 2D physics

  • I was watching a video [1] about pinball machines the other day and thought about creating a pinball using my "physics engine" [2]. I was able to create a simple billiards [3] game using it. I've been pretty busy with work and other personal projects, but I've been meaning to get back to program for fun.

    1 - https://youtu.be/ue-1JoJQaEg?si=hlZxp2yI-BSTYmOY

    2 - https://github.com/victorqribeiro/sphereCollision

    3 - https://github.com/victorqribeiro/fingerPool

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  • fingerPool

    A pool game in JavaScript using my sphereCollision project

  • I was watching a video [1] about pinball machines the other day and thought about creating a pinball using my "physics engine" [2]. I was able to create a simple billiards [3] game using it. I've been pretty busy with work and other personal projects, but I've been meaning to get back to program for fun.

    1 - https://youtu.be/ue-1JoJQaEg?si=hlZxp2yI-BSTYmOY

    2 - https://github.com/victorqribeiro/sphereCollision

    3 - https://github.com/victorqribeiro/fingerPool

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